English
Etymology
Adjective
en-adj
- Not auspicious; ill-omened; unfortunate; unlucky; unfavorable.
#: Quotations
#:* 1595: And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars. � w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, w:Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Juliet, V,iii.
#:* Inauspicious love. � w:John Dryden|Dryden.
#:* 1788: It is not to be wondered at that a government instituted in times so inauspicious, should on experiment be found greatly deficient and inadequate to the purpose it was intended to answer. � w:Publius|Publius, w:Federalist Papers|Federalist, II.
Derived terms
inauspiciously
inauspiciousness
fa:inauspicious
io:inauspicious
te:inauspicious
vi:inauspicious
zh:inauspicious
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